ʻêber — H5676

Definition

masculine noun

properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning the east)

1. region beyond or across, side
1. region across or beyond
2. side, opposite side

Usually translated as

side, beyond, straight, by, from, over, quarter, against, passage

Origin

from H5674

• Derived from ʻâbar (H5674)

Greek equivalents

• Hebraîos (G1445)
• méros (G3313)
• péran (G4008)
• ptéryx (G4420)

Occurrences

ʻêber occurs 90 times in 83 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Exodus (4), Numbers (6), Deuteronomy (11), Joshua (23), Judges (4), 1 Samuel (5), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (5), 1 Chronicles (4), 2 Chronicles (1), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (3), Job (1), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (4), Ezekiel (3), Zephaniah (1)

• Genesis 50:10 — And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond (בְּעֵ֣בֶר) Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
• Genesis 50:11 — And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond (בְּעֵ֥בֶר) Jordan.
• Exodus 25:37 — And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against (עֵ֥בֶר) it.
• Exodus 28:26 — And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side (עֵ֥בֶר) of the ephod inward.
• Exodus 32:15 — And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides (עֶבְרֵיהֶ֔ם); on the one side and on the other were they written.
• Exodus 39:19 — And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side (עֵ֥בֶר) of the ephod inward.
• Numbers 21:13 — From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side (מֵעֵ֤בֶר) of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
• Numbers 22:1 — And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side (מֵעֵ֖בֶר) Jordan by Jericho.
• Numbers 32:19 — For we will not inherit with them on yonder side (מֵעֵ֥בֶר) Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
• Numbers 32:19 — For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side (מֵעֵ֥בֶר) Jordan eastward.
• Numbers 32:32 — We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side (מֵעֵ֖בֶר) Jordan may be ours.
• Numbers 34:15 — The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side (מֵעֵ֛בֶר) Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.
• Numbers 35:14 — Ye shall give three cities on this side (מֵעֵ֣בֶר) Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.
• Deuteronomy 1:1 — These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side (בְּעֵ֖בֶר) Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
• Deuteronomy 1:5 — On this side (בְּעֵ֥בֶר) Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
• Deuteronomy 3:8 — And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side (בְּעֵ֣בֶר) Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;
• Deuteronomy 3:20 — Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them beyond (בְּעֵ֣בֶר) Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.
• Deuteronomy 3:25 — I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond (בְּעֵ֣בֶר) Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
• Deuteronomy 4:41 — Then Moses severed three cities on this side (בְּעֵ֖בֶר) Jordan toward the sunrising;
• Deuteronomy 4:46 — On this side (בְּעֵ֨בֶר) Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
• Deuteronomy 4:47 — And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side (בְּעֵ֣בֶר) Jordan toward the sunrising;
• Deuteronomy 4:49 — And all the plain on this side (עֵ֤בֶר) Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
• Deuteronomy 11:30 — Are they not on the other side (בְּעֵ֣בֶר) Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
• Deuteronomy 30:13 — Neither is it beyond (מֵעֵ֥בֶר) the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
• Deuteronomy 30:13 — Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over (עֵ֤בֶר) the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
• Joshua 1:14 — Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side (בְּעֵ֣בֶר) Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;
• Joshua 1:15 — Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD’s servant gave you on this side (בְּעֵ֥בֶר) Jordan toward the sunrising.
• Joshua 2:10 — For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side (בְּעֵ֤בֶר) Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
• Joshua 5:1 — And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side (בְּעֵ֨בֶר) of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
• Joshua 7:7 — And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side (בְּעֵ֖בֶר) Jordan!
• Joshua 9:1 — And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side (בְּעֵ֨בֶר) Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;
• Joshua 9:10 — And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond (בְּעֵ֣בֶר) Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.
• Joshua 12:1 — Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side (בְּעֵ֥בֶר) Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:
• Joshua 12:7 — And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side (בְּעֵ֤בֶר) Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
• Joshua 13:8 — With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond (בְּעֵ֤בֶר) Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;
• Joshua 13:27 — And in the valley, Beth-aram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side (עֵ֥בֶר) Jordan eastward.
• Joshua 13:32 — These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side (מֵעֵ֛בֶר) Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.
• Joshua 14:3 — For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side (מֵעֵ֖בֶר) Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.
• Joshua 17:5 — And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side (מֵעֵ֥בֶר) Jordan;
• Joshua 18:7 — But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond (מֵעֵ֤בֶר) Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.
• Joshua 20:8 — And on the other side (וּמֵעֵ֜בֶר) Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
• Joshua 22:4 — And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side (בְּעֵ֖בֶר) Jordan.
• Joshua 22:7 — Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side (בְּעֵ֥בֶר) Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,
• Joshua 24:2 — And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side (בְּעֵ֣בֶר) of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
• Joshua 24:3 — And I took your father Abraham from the other side (מֵעֵ֣בֶר) of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
• Joshua 24:8 — And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side (בְּעֵ֣בֶר) Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
• Joshua 24:14 — Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side (בְּעֵ֤בֶר) of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
• Joshua 24:15 — And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side (מֵעֵ֣בֶר) of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
• Judges 5:17 — Gilead abode beyond (בְּעֵ֤בֶר) Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.
• Judges 7:25 — And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side (מֵעֵ֖בֶר) Jordan.